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In this chapter, different methods for determining similarity transformations of partial differential equations will be discussed. A similarity transformation reduces the number of independent variables in the partial differential equations. The transformed system of equations and auxiliary conditions is known as a “similarity representation”.
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Seshadri, R., Na, T.Y. (1985). A Survey of Methods for Determining Similarity Transformations. In: Group Invariance in Engineering Boundary Value Problems. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5102-6_3
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